Articles

The Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 established the federal-aid highway program that transformed America's roads from alternately dusty and muddy trails to the most advanced and comprehensive road network in the world.

From 1916 to 1939: The Federal-State Partnership at Workby Richard F. Weingroff
The period following World War I and through the 1920s was a golden age for road building, and although the federal-aid highway program felt the impact of the Great Depression in the 1930s, it was during this decade
that the master plan for a system of interregional highways was developed.

This article gives a brief historical overview of local government highway finance trends from 1921 to 1983, takes a closer look at the data from 1984 to 1993, and illustrates the important role played by local
governments in the arena of public sector highway financing.

The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways has been called one of the "Seven Wonders of the United States." This article discusses a few of the extraordinary sections of the system.

The Traveler Information Showcase in Atlanta this summer is a $14 million partnership of federal, state, and local agencies and the private sector to provide the most complex, integrated transportation management and travel information system in the United States.

The interstate system has been incredibly successful. Consequently, the reliability of the system and the preservation of its physical assets are key policy and programmatic concerns for the entire transportation
community.

Roads are so much a part of our lives that it is natural that automobiles and highways have played significant roles in hundreds of movies. This is a partial listing of films in which highway travel plays a prominent part.